Publications

St. Pierre, S., Rajasekharan, D., Darwin, E., Linka, K., Levenston, M., & Kuhl, E. (2023). Discovering the mechanics of artificial and real meat. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 415, 116236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2023.116236

Kolawole, F., Peirlinck, M., Cork, T., Levenston, M., Kuhl, E., & Ennis, D. (2023). Validating MRI-Derived Myocardial Stiffness Estimates Using In Vitro Synthetic Heart Models. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 51(7), 1574-1587. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-023-03164-7

Hall, M., Wang, A., Gold, G., & Levenston, M. (2022). Contrast solution properties and scan parameters influence the apparent diffusivity of computed tomography contrast agents in articular cartilage. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 19(193), 20220403. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0403

Hall, M., Black, M., Gold, G., & Levenston, M. (2022). Validation of watershed-based segmentation of the cartilage surface from sequential CT arthrography scans. Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery, 12(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.21037/qims-20-1062

Crowder, H., Mazzoli, V., Black, M., Watkins, L., Kogan, F., Hargreaves, B., Levenston, M., & Gold, G. (2021). Characterizing the transient response of knee cartilage to running: Decreases in cartilage T2 of female recreational runners. Journal of Orthopaedic Research: Official Publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society, 39(11), 2340-2352. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.24994

Zimmermann, J., Loecher, M., Kolawole, F., Baumler, K., Gifford, K., Dual, S., Levenston, M., Marsden, A., & Ennis, D. (2021). On the impact of vessel wall stiffness on quantitative flow dynamics in a synthetic model of the thoracic aorta. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 6703. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86174-6

Baylon, E., Crowder, H., Gold, G., & Levenston, M. (2020). Non-ionic CT contrast solutions rapidly alter bovine cartilage and meniscus mechanics. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 28(9), 1286-1297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2020.05.013

Baylon, E., & Levenston, M. (2020). Osmotic Swelling Responses Are Conserved Across Cartilaginous Tissues With Varied Sulfated-Glycosaminoglycan Contents. Journal of Orthopaedic Research: Official Publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society, 38(4), 785-792. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.24521

Watkins, L., Rubin, E., Mazzoli, V., Uhlrich, S., Desai, A., Black, M., Ho, G., Delp, S., Levenston, M., Beaupre, G., Gold, G., & Kogan, F. (2020). Rapid volumetric gagCEST imaging of knee articular cartilage at 3 T: evaluation of improved dynamic range and an osteoarthritic population. NMR in biomedicine, 33(8), e4310. https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.4310

Watkins, L., Kogan, F., Rubin, E., Black, M., Levenston, M., & Gold, G. (2019). Evaluating the relationship between gagCEST MRI and cartilage biochemical composition in juvenile bovine articular cartilage. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 27, S369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2019.02.786

Arvayo, A., Imbrie-Moore, A., & Levenston, M. (2019). Rapid and durable photochemical bonding of cartilage using the porphyrin photosensitizer verteporfin. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 27(10), 1537-1544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2019.05.022

Arvayo, A., Wong, I., Dragoo, J., & Levenston, M. (2018). Enhancing integration of articular cartilage grafts via photochemical bonding. Journal of Orthopaedic Research: Official Publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society, 36(9), 2406-2415. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.23898

Eskandari, M., Arvayo, A., & Levenston, M. (2018). Mechanical properties of the airway tree: heterogeneous and anisotropic pseudoelastic and viscoelastic tissue responses. Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md.: 1985), 125(3), 878-888. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00090.2018

Nishimuta, J., Bendernagel, M., & Levenston, M. (2017). Co-culture with infrapatellar fat pad differentially stimulates proteoglycan synthesis and accumulation in cartilage and meniscus tissues. Connective Tissue Research, 58(5), 447-455. https://doi.org/10.1080/03008207.2016.1245728

Maier, J., Black, M., Bonaretti, S., Bier, B., Eskofier, B., Choi, J.-H., Levenston, M., Gold, G., Fahrig, R., & Maier, A. (2017). Comparison of Different Approaches for Measuring Tibial Cartilage Thickness. Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics, 14(2), 20170015. https://doi.org/10.1515/jib-2017-0015

Lee, H.-P., Gu, L., Mooney, D., Levenston, M., & Chaudhuri, O. (2017). Mechanical confinement regulates cartilage matrix formation by chondrocytes. Nature Materials, 16(12), 1243-1251. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4993

Son, M.-S., & Levenston, M. (2017). Quantitative tracking of passage and 3D culture effects on chondrocyte and fibrochondrocyte gene expression. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 11(4), 1185-1194. https://doi.org/10.1002/term.2022

Nishimuta, J., & Levenston, M. (2017). Adipokines induce catabolism of newly synthesized matrix in cartilage and meniscus tissues. Connective Tissue Research, 58(4), 246-258. https://doi.org/10.1080/03008207.2017.1281258

Ling, C. H.-Y., Lai, J., Wong, I., & Levenston, M. (2016). Bovine meniscal tissue exhibits age- and interleukin-1 dose-dependent degradation patterns and composition-function relationships. Journal of Orthopaedic Research: Official Publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society, 34(5), 801-811. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.23096

Choi, J.-H., McWalter, E., Datta, S., Mueller, K., Maier, A., Fahrig, R., Levenston, M., & Gold, G. (2016). Tibial cartilage creep during weight bearing: in vivo 3D CT assessment. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 24, S104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2016.01.210